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Baise-moi

  • 2000
  • 16
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
19K
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Raffaëla Anderson and Karen Lancaume in Baise-moi (2000)
Psychological DramaCrimeDramaThriller

Two young women, marginalized by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence.Two young women, marginalized by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence.Two young women, marginalized by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence.

  • Directors
    • Virginie Despentes
    • Coralie Trinh Thi
  • Writers
    • Virginie Despentes
    • Coralie Trinh Thi
  • Stars
    • Raffaëla Anderson
    • Karen Lancaume
    • Céline Beugnot
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    19K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Virginie Despentes
      • Coralie Trinh Thi
    • Writers
      • Virginie Despentes
      • Coralie Trinh Thi
    • Stars
      • Raffaëla Anderson
      • Karen Lancaume
      • Céline Beugnot
    • 256User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Raffaëla Anderson
    Raffaëla Anderson
    • Manu
    Karen Lancaume
    Karen Lancaume
    • Nadine
    • (as Karen Bach)
    Céline Beugnot
    • La blonde au billard
    Adama Niane
    • Le garçon au billard
    Christophe Claudy Landry
    • Le mec au comptoir
    Tewfik Saad
    • Le serveur bar
    Delphine McCarty
    Delphine McCarty
    • La colocataire
    Ouassini Embarek
    • Radouan
    Patrick Kodjo Topou
    Patrick Kodjo Topou
    • Wanted
    • (as Patrick-Kodjo Topou)
    Simon Nahoum
    • Su copain
    Karim Chala
    • Su copain
    Lisa Marshall
    • La copine de Manu
    Hacène Beddrouh
    • Le frère de Manu
    Patrick Eudeline
    Patrick Eudeline
    • Francis
    Ian Scott
    Ian Scott
    • Mec 1 viol
    Philippe Houillez
    • Mec 2 viol
    Steven Jhonsson
    • Mec 3 viol
    Gil Stuart
    • Le client Nadine
    • Directors
      • Virginie Despentes
      • Coralie Trinh Thi
    • Writers
      • Virginie Despentes
      • Coralie Trinh Thi
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    User reviews256

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    4jeroenberndsen1

    a sexual and violent experience....but a very nice one

    Maybe it's because I live in Holland and have a very open mind to sex, drugs and well, maybe not to murder but I was not that shocked.

    Of course the rape scene was a bit hard and did not leave much to your imagination, but the rest.... Me and my girlfriend were just entertained by the rest of the movie.

    I just read some other 20 user comments and I was in fact shocked by those. Prudish americans and british telling you that it is shocking and garbage and so on. A 5.0 average makes also clear that most of the people are still filled with tabboos.

    Big erections and mindless sex.... so what? shooting people up there arse? surely I'd prefer that compared to what happens to the guy that rapes marsellus wallace in Pulp Fiction.

    Indeed this was a low budget movie and the camerawork was perhaps of poor quality but it suits the pic. As a student indeed a search for reasons and meaning and I find it hihgly irritating that some people complain about things left unexplained. What are you? Can't you think and maybe even guess for yourselves? Does everything have to be explained?

    We both liked it and surely I understand this is not a movie for everyone. I think more of it as an experimental piece of work, seek your own reasons for what they are doing, enjoy this wild ride and if you persist in having a monumentuous storyline, oscar performances and so on, and you are not specifically entertained by x rated sex, lots of blood and the socalled 'holes' in this story then....

    Just don't watch this movie!!!!

    The backside of the DVD or VHS gives plenty of clues that this is a controversial movie and when you have an open mind and like these kind of movies, i recommend it.

    We give it a 7.0
    8Nodriesrespect

    No Closing Your Eyes to Society's Injustice

    Why are people so outraged by BAISE-MOI (which literally means F**K ME, the English language title is a travesty) ? Is it because of the explicit sex (far more fleeting than that shown in any porno tape freely available at most corner video shops), the stylized ultra-violence or the combination of the two ? Unlike some films, this one doesn't in any way glorify violence though, it merely shows the sad inevitability of it as far as its two main characters are concerned.

    Both Nadine (Karen Lancaume aka Karen Bach) and Manu (Raffaella Anderson) routinely endure violation both in word and deed on an almost daily basis as sex workers, prostitute and part-time porno performer respectively. The gang rape of Manu and her drug-addicted friend shown here is totally different from the clichéd they-may-protest-at-first type of rape scene encountered in some adults only features. While the other girl cries and screams throughout (and is ever more horribly abused because of it), Manu adopts a facade of indifferent resignation, cleverly robbing her rapists of their sadistic thrill. Rest assured that the scene goes on a lot longer than anyone would want it to and that it is very painful to watch, which is the whole point of it.

    When Manu and Nadine meet and embark on their violent road trip, fully aware that they ultimately can't 'get away with it', sex becomes a source of liberation to them. Like so many guys on the lam in any criminal buddy movie you can think of, they take what they want, when and how they want it, casually discarding (not always violently) their casual partners post-orgasm. One of the most common accusations at porn's address is that the explicit sex scenes dehumanize the people performing them, but here that could not be further from the truth.

    Former hardcore actresses Lancaume and Anderson are both terrific in their parts and the sex they have (and, yes, it is 'real' sex) enhances their characterizations, rendering them more complete. The 'cinema vérité' rawness of the digital video format in which it was shot, interrupted by sudden flashes of style when violence erupts (an artistic decision to give the viewer a feel for the power and pleasure the women derive from their acts as an escape route from their drab lives), draws the viewer uncomfortably close to the action. Again, that seems to be the point.

    So don't let the negative publicity fool you. BAISE-MOI is a rare film that utterly achieves what it sets out to do and it bodes well for debut cinéastes Despentes (author of the sulfurous source novel) and ex-porn star Coralie. You may love it (as I obviously did) or you may hate it, but this is an important film that no one is likely to ever forget, no matter how hard they might try.
    Reggie_Charan

    Definitely not for everyone

    Don't be swayed by all the negative comments, Baise Moi is a worthwhile film. Yes the sex is explicit, and much of the violence simply pointless, but underneath it all remains a compelling vision of two people on a road trip to hell. Both leads may come from porn, but their acting skills are totally credible. One of the most nihilistic movies ever made.
    Rathcoole

    It's got nobs in and I don't mean rich people

    Baise-moi is the second example of the recent French Graphic Rape Wave of cinema. Like a skanky French Natural Born Killers but without the talent, irony or indeed entertainment, the heavy-handed symbolism and maddening acting should have you turning off after the first 40 minutes. You continue to watch however, mainly though a fascination as to how far the director is willing to push the boundaries of good taste in order to convince us of his point. Something to do with society raping people and by-products of the system, a reflection of the perversity at the root of civilisation, monkeys with guns and Girl Power.

    Joining the sensational release of Irreversible, with its centrepiece a nine minute rape scene, it could look to some that modern French cinema had found itself in a quandary, desperately seeking its next big theme in the rapidly thinning file of the last taboos. Thankfully, L'Homme du train dispelled those fears,at least for now. And maybe just two films don't make a wave, perhaps just a ripple.

    However, nothing changes the fact that when the closing credits finally arrived, I was angry. Because it was rubbish. Not a patch on the glory of La Haine which dealt with a similar rage, but with far more heart and intelligence. Baise-Moi also has the worst soundtrack ever. I've got to stop wasting my life watching all these terrible films.
    murphmeister75

    A thought provoking shocker...

    I've read a lot of the comments for this movie and think that many of you have missed the point. The directors claim this to be a movie about friendship - and that the bonds of that relationship have nothing to do with the circumstances from which they are born. I'm somewhat sceptical about that. If you just wanted to make a movie about friendship, it could be about nuns. Or puppies. Or just about anything. But Baise-moi (which translates as Shag Me, not F**k Me) serves to highlight very clearly the moral hypocrisy that surrounds cinema, and has done ever since the days of the Hayes Code. The irony here lies in the fact that it is the explicit sex that caused the film to be banned in so many territories. No one has a problem with the violence. Sure, the violence might be simulated, and the sex isn't - but they both occupy the same space on the screen. And while it's legal to have sex in the privacy of your home, the violence depicted could never be legal. After all, you can see worse violence in Freddy vs. Jason, and more explicit sex on any porn video you might choose, so what is it about the combination that riles people so? I'll concede that the film is flawed, and demonstrates the debutant directors lack of experience, but for the challenge it sets to our jaded set of morals in the west, it should be applauded.

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    • Trivia
      In Canada, the Ontario Film Review Board originally banned the film because it was too pornographic. The film was re-submitted under a pornographic license, and banned because it was too violent. By then, it had been selected for the Toronto Film Festival, and was approved in British Columbia and Québec. On March 8, 2001, the Ontario Film Review Board approved the film, with an R rating.
    • Goofs
      (at around 40 mins) They shoot the gun shop owner in broad daylight and no one outside hears the gunshots.
    • Quotes

      Manu's friend: [after Manu and her friend are brutally raped]

      [crying]

      Manu's friend: How could you? How could you have let them do that to you? How could you do that?

      Manu: It's nothing to what they could have done. At least we're still alive.

      Manu's friend: How could you... how could you say that?

      Manu: I can say it because I don't give a flying fuck about their faggot dicks anyway! I've taken others inside me, so fuck them! It's like if you park a car in the middle of the city, you don't leave your treasures inside if you can't stop people from taking it. I can't stop assholes from going inside my pussy, but I didn't leave anything valuable in it.

    • Alternate versions
      Although rated 18, the UK theatrical release was cut by 10 seconds by the BBFC, removing a shot of sexual penetration during an early rape sequence. In addition to the cuts to the theatrical release, the UK DVD also cut out an additional 2 seconds. This occurs when a man gets a gun stuck up his anus. In 2013, all previous cuts were waived by the BBFC for the DVD release distributed by Arrow Film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Ouvre-Moi
      Written and Performed by Virago

      With kind permission from Vicious Circle

      (P) Pan-Européenne Musique

      ©2000 Pan-Européenne Musique

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    • Release date
      • June 28, 2000 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Viólame
    • Filming locations
      • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Toute Premiere Fois
      • Canal+
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $420,224
    • Gross worldwide
      • $940,944
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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